Russia 1855-1964 Famine
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- Created on: 28-05-18 17:13
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- Famines
- Major Famines
- 1891- adverse weather coupled with panic selling of grain to counter the impact of a new consumer goods tax, peasants sold surpluses to pay for the tax. 350,000+ died
- 1914-1918- disruption to trade and transport during WWI led to shortages, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk made it worse as Ukraine was lost
- 1921- terrible winter, severe droughts, destruction of infrastructure, 5 million+ died, made worse by Lenin's slow response and relutance to accept aid from American Relief Agency
- 1932-34- similar mortality rate to 1921, but suffering made worse by the repression from Stalin, death penalty for stealing grain/ hoarding
- The policy of exporting grain, used by Stalin and Witte, exacerbated food issues and contributed to the cause of famine
- An improvement in the 1930s?
- By 1935 matter seemed to improve and food production increased slowly
- On the eve of WWII food production not at pre-WWI levels
- General diet worsened under communists, by late 1930s fish and meat consumption down by 80%
- WWII and food supplies
- Collectivisation relaxed
- Removal of restrictions on the size of private plots of land removed, food production increased
- Another famine in 1947
- Poor harvests and associated food shortages continued under Khrushchev
- Despite VLS and improvements to the state pricing mechanism food still had to be imported
- Critics believe that adherence to a policy of subsidised 'socialised agriculture' led to inefficiency and higher demand than supply
- Major Famines
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